Social scientists and journalistic social commentators have viewed the 1950s as a period of political de-alienation and the 1960s as a period of re-alienation, and have designated a variety of groups as especially alienated in the 1960s–an impatient black population, restive “Middle Americans” and white “ethnics,” rebellious youth, etc. Converse (1972) showed that agreement with… Continue reading Political Alienation in America, 1952-1968

A model for research on social stress shows the extensive literature on status incosistency to be almost devoid of studies that are both theoretically and methodologically adequate. This model implies that status inconsistency effects should be evident (1) on proximate, perceived stresses (e.g., role conflict, anger) as opposed to distal outcomes (e.g., prejuice) and/or (2)… Continue reading Why and When Is Status Inconsistency Stressful?

A paradigm for stress research is used to integrate existing evidence on the relationship of occupational stress to heart disease, and to suggest directions for future research. Although several objective and/or subjective indicators of occupational stress (i.e., low job satisfaction, job pressures such as work overload, status inconsistency, and/or job mobility) have been consistently related… Continue reading Occupational Stress and Coronary Heart Disease: A Review and Theoretical Integration